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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
From: Laura Pinto
2. Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
From: David Bell
3. Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
From: Andrew Hickey
4. Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
From: Mike Dugo
5. Duane Eddy's Rebelettes
From: Stuffed Animal
6. Re: Bacharach
From: James Botticelli
7. Re: Brian Wilson & Smile
From: James Cassidy
8. Re: The Deep Six
From: Jeff Lemlich
9. Dean Cannon and The Deep Six
From: Steve Stanley
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:55:47 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
Commercial jingles from the 60's and 70's ... now THERE'S a topic
that's very close to my heart. Simply put, I LOVE 'EM! I have the
CD to which you refer, Television's Greatest Commercials, and I have
fun singing along with the "Slinky" jingle. Although I don't own it,
I'm also familiar with the Coke jingle CD.
I also have a few videos of vintage commercials; one of them has
the "Teaberry Shuffle" ad you mentioned. Another one I like is
the Alka-Seltzer commercial "No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In,"
later released on 45 by the T-Bones.
Probably it's no coincidence that my friend and all-time favorite
entertainer, Ron Dante, was the undisputed king of the jingles during
the late 60's and early 70's. In the book "Bubblegum Music is the
Naked Truth," Ron observes that he recorded jingles for everything
under the sun with the possible exception of "feminine hygiene
deodorants" ... and that's almost the literal truth. His live act
often includes a commercials medley in which he brings back a ton of
memories by singing, unaccompanied, the American Airlines jingle
("We're American Airlines ... doin' what we do best"); KFC ("Grab a
bucket of chicken"); McDonald's ("You deserve a break today"), and a
couple of my personal favorites, one of which you mentioned, "Dr.
Pepper (So Misunderstood)" and "I'm a Pepper." I was fortunate
enough to find sound bytes of these two Pepper jingles by Ron online,
and I now have them on my computer plus in the Files section of my
Oldies and Bubblegum Music Group, along with two others by him, a
vintage "General Tire" jingle ("Sooner or later you'll own Generals")
and the famous Archies-soundalike "Tang" ("Do the moonwalk like the
as-tro-nauts ..."), both in their entirity.
Ebay is a great place to check for CD's and videos of old commercial
jingles.
One of my favorites, though, is a local New York metro area goodie
from the very early 60's ... the old Palisades Park commercial ("Come
on over"). This one appears in several of the old 77 WABC airchecks
preserved on Allan Sniffen's terrific site, WABC Musicradio 77, which
also has the PAMS jingles for the station (my favorite being the one
that ended all the songs, the WABC chime). This site can be accessed
at http://musicradio.computer.net/
Laura
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:11:52 EDT
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
The Chiffons singing a jingle? But I've never heard either of them, despite
being a huge fan of this fabulous group. Is there any chance of having their
renditions for Great Shakes or H.I.S. jeans played to musica? Just when you
thought you'd heard everything by a group something like this news comes along.
David.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:16:09 +0100
From: Andrew Hickey
Subject: Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
> Anyway, my mind is going numb with jingles. It's your turn to
> tell me what you have and remember in your collections on these
> lines, ok? Do it, or I'll give you a nice Hawaiian punch!
My favourite jingles (I don't know if they were ever used) are on the
Poptones Curt Boettcher and Millennium CDs, the songs Wearing Levis
and Stretch Levis - they did several short songs in different styles, all
on the theme of "Wearing Levis is better than wearing pants"
One jingle that is *VERY* different is Murry Wilson's rejected jingle for
Kentucky Fried Chicken...
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 09:00:14 -0500
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: Re: Heaven Scent & other commercial jingles
Clark - Thanks for the GREAT recollections of the various jingles, etc.,
that have been released over the years. Collecting these has been a passion
of mine, and here's what I've compiled so far. Jeff Lemlich has been a
super help with sharing his collection. If anybody can add any NOT on these
lists, I'd love to hear from you. I concentrate primarily on U.S. rock and
garage bands, but all such songs interest me.
Volume 1:
1) Sting Rays - Beech-Nut Life Savers Sours
2) Sting Rays - Sour Song
3) Electric Lip - Broughton Cherry Divinity Ice Cream
4) Kingsmen - The Krunch (Schafer Potato Chips)
5) Four Seasons - Joey Reynolds Show Theme
6) Union Gap - Pepsi
7) Turtles - Pepsi
8) Stone Poneys - Pepsi
9) Monkees - Kelloggs
10) Four Seasons - Brunswick Bowling
11) Gasoline Powered Clock - Zales Jewelry Store
12) Gary Lewis & Playboys - Do The Flake (Kelloggs Frosted Flakes)
13) Doug Brown & Omens - Northwest Lounge (Michigan)
14) Spanky & Our Gang - Thom McCann Shoes
15) Grass Roots - Alone Phone #1
16) Grass Roots - Alone Phone #2
17) American Breed - Alone Phone
18) Hondells - Honda
19) Royals Guardsmen - U.S. Army
20) Mitch Ryder & Detriot Wheels - Macleans
21) Chicago Loop - Mcleans
22) Tokens - Mcleans
23) Denims - Adler Sock Part 1
24) Denims - Adler Sock Part 2
25) Improper Bostonians - WRKO jingle
26) Bobby Fuller Four - KRLA King of the Wheels
27) Yellow Payges - Finger Poppin' Party (AT&T Yellow Pages)
28) Triumphs - Garner State Park
29) Hondells - Honda (Detroit)
30) William Penn & His Pals - Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA)
31) Vogues - Coke #1
32) Vogues - Coke #2
33) Gary Lewis & Playboys - Coke #1
34) Gary Lewis & Playboys - Coke #2
35) Jay & Americans - Coke
36) American Breed - Coke #1
37) American Breed - Coke #2
38) Brooklyn Bridge - Coke
39) Vanilla Fudge - Coke #1
40) Vanilla Fudge - Coke #2
41) Boyce & Hart - Coke #1
42) Boyce & Hart - Coke #2
43) Left Banke - Coke
44) Box Tops - Coke #1
45) Box Tops - Coke #2
46) Box Tops - Coke #3
47) Del-Vetts - I Call My Baby STP
48) Shadows Of Knight - Potato Chip
49) McCoys - American Heart Association
50) First Edition - Alcoa Aluminum Pull-Top
Volume 2:
1) Cyrkle - 07 -Up
2) Love Generation - Hormel Hot Dogs
3) Paul Revere & Raiders - Judge Pontiac GTO
4) Spats - Go Go Yahama
5) Sam The Sham & Pharoahs - HIS Slacks
6) Newbeats - Coke
7) Cyrkle - Camaro
8) Hondells - Come Alive (Pepsi)
9) Paul Revere & Raiders - Swingy Girl Doll (Mattel)
10) Richie's Renegades - Come Alive (Pepsi)
11) Cyrkle - United Way
12) Hondells - Honda Holiday
13) Cowsills - Milk
14) Bobby Fuller Four - KHJ Big Kahuna Theme
15) Rationals - Turn On (Danby's Men Stores)
16) Blue Sandalwood Soap - Northwest Orient Airlines
17) Love Generation - Hormel Hot Dogs
18) Happenings - Great Shakes
19) Four Wheels (Boys Next Door) - Casite Motor Honey
20) Springfield Rifle - Nordstroms
21) Exotics - Mitchell's Department Store
22) Doug Brown & Omens - Youth & Experience (Bob Griffin Campaign)
23) Jay & Americans - HIS Slacks
24) Crestones - Tackle After Shave
25) Canned Heat - Levis
26) Tokens - Great Shakes
27) Tommy James & Shondells - HIS Slacks
28) H.P. Lovecraft - Ban-Roll-On
29) American Breed - Partridge Weiners
30) Saturday's Children - Chicago Electric Co.
31) Exotics - Bill McKay Chevrolet
32) Jefferson Airplane - Levis #4
33) Sopwith Camel - Levis #3
34) Jefferson Airplane - Levis #3
35) Bobby Fuller Four - Gallencamps Shoes
36) Charlatans - Groom & Clean
37) Sopwith Camel - Levis #2
38) Jefferson Airplane - Levis #2
39) Blues Magoos - Great Shakes
40) Quicksilver Messenger Service - Camaro
41) Jefferson Airplane - Levis #1
42) Iron Butterfly - Ban Roll-On
43) Sopwith Came - Levis #1
44) Electric Prunes - Vox Wah Wah Pedal
45) Litter - 07 -Up
46) Fever Tree - Now Sounds (Houston Post)
47) Left Banke - Toni Hair Spray
48) Left Banke - Hertz Rent-A-Car
49) Liverpools - Thom McCann's Shoes
50) Fifth Estate - Brawley Male (Men's Store)
51) Paul Revere & Raiders - SS-396
Volume 3 (In Progress):
1) Crestones - Tackle #1
2) Crestones - Tackle #2
3) Crestones - Tackle #3
4) Crestones - Tackle #4
5) Eager Beavers - Hamms
6) Hondells - Honda
7) Tommy James & Shondells - Ral Girl Make-Up
8) Repulsives - Ban Roll-On
Mike Dugo
60sgaragebands.com
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 18:23:14 +0000
From: Stuffed Animal
Subject: Duane Eddy's Rebelettes
Does anyone know who the girl singers are on the Duane Eddy hits "My Baby
Plays The Same Old Song On His Guitar All Night Long" and "Your Baby's Gone
Surfin'?" Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles book says it's Darlene Love and
The Blossoms, but I don't hear Darlene's lead or backing vocals on these
cuts. It's definitely her on "(Dance With) The Guitar Man," "Lonely Boy,
Lonely Guitar" and "Boss Guitar," though.
Stuffed Animal
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:55:40 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Bacharach
Mick Patrick:
> A glossy piece of tosh but some nice Bacharach/David/Warwick
> soundtrack songs, yes?
I got myself a nice piece of tosh this week when I snagged Irma's new
italian Bacnarach comp. All songs recorded 64-72 in Italian. Splendiforous
arrangements and presentations all.
JB
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 19:56:26 -0400
From: James Cassidy
Subject: Re: Brian Wilson & Smile
Neb Rodgers quoted the following:
> He and his backing band the Wondermints will perform the Beach
> Boys' legendary lost album -- or, rather, Wilson's 2003 interpretation
> of what the uncompleted 1967 album eventually would have become -- at
> the Hatch Shell in Boston on June 14th, at the Beacon Theater in New
> York and June 17th at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
I don't know what/who the source of this info is, but I don't think
it's accurate. Although Brian and his band have performed several
Smile-era tunes in recent shows ("Good Vibrations," "Heroes &
Villains," "You're Welcome," "Surf's Up," and "Cabinessence," to name
several) and may include several or all of them in the East Coast shows
next month, the band has not yet put together an entire "Smile"
package. When asked about it within the past two weeks, one band
member professed complete ignorance - so it's unlikely that they would
be able to pull it together by mid-June.
Jim Cassidy
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 03:07:52 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: Re: The Deep Six
Steve Stanley wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have the following 45s from LA folk rock
> group The Deep Six? I'm currently finishing up a CD reissue of their
> 1966 Liberty LP.
>
> Rising Sun/Strollin' Blues (Saw-Man 001) 1965
> Rising Sun/Strollin' Blues (Liberty F-55838) 1965
> Image Of A Girl / C'mon Baby (Liberty F-55926) 1966
I have Liberty 55926, and have just uploaded "Image Of A Girl" to
musica.
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 00:48:57 -0700
From: Steve Stanley
Subject: Dean Cannon and The Deep Six
Bobster wrote:
> Ahh, back to "our" period. Steve Stanley, hope you include "When Morning
> Breaks" on your Deep Six comp. That's the single I'm most familiar with, a
> great anti-war folk tune with near-perfect arrangements, timelier than ever
> during recent months. Wow, their female singer was GOOOOD, what is her name?
Yes, Bob "When Morning Breaks" will be included. It's a great tune and
indeed very timely.
I agree, Dean Cannon was/is God. Apparently she recorded a solo single that
pre-dates The Deep Six. It's featured on one of the Chu Takahashi "Dream
Boy" CDs that came out in Japan on M&M a few years back.
Steve
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